Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Instructional Technology Conference

The UMKC Information Access - Instructional Technology Services department held its first Instructional Technology Conference this month. Faculty members were given the opportunity to collaborate across schools and to increase their knowledge and experience with the latest online learning technologies. The 2-½ day conference provided hands-on technology training sessions and workshops provided by faculty members who demonstrated their experiences with online learning. Some of the topics included virtual classrooms, coursecasting, improving departmental communication and implementing authentic tasks in web-based learning in addition to blogs, voice tools and online assessment.

We would like to thank the following UM System faculty members for presenting at the conference:· Keynote Speaker: Robert Keel, Professor-UMSL Department of Sociology· Cindy Amyot, Professor/Director of Distance Education & Faculty Development-UMKC School of Dentistry· Kim Bray, RDH MS, Professor & Director-UMKC School of Dentistry, Division of Dental Hygiene· Laura Gayle Green, MA MLS, Librarian IV, Head of Music/Media Library-UMKC Miller Nichols Library· Molly Mead, Coordinator of Information Technology, UMKC School of Education· Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian-UMKC Miller Nichols Library· Robert Riggs, Lecturer-UMKC College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Physics· Donna Russell, Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies, Educational Psychology and Curriculum and Instructional Leadership-UMKC School of Education

Due to positive feedback and a high demand for the first conference, a second conference is being planned at this time. An announcement will be sent through the Information for UMKC Blackboard Instructors Blackboard site in the near future with details about the next conference.

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